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Kiriazoglou Delivers Bearcats First Big East Win

from press release

CINCINNATI- The University of Cincinnati
women's lacrosse team (7-9, 1-7) defeated Rutgers University (9-8,
1-7), 9-8, Sunday afternoon for its first BIG EAST Conference
victory in program history. The victory was sealed on a
game-winning goal by senior Katie Kiriazoglou (Abingdon, Md./John
Carroll) with 18.5 seconds to play. The Bearcats' seven victories
this season tie the most wins in program history.

The first half was highlighted by the Bearcats' defense, as they
held Rutgers to four goals on 10 shots. Freshman goalkeeper Meg
Gulmi (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) recorded five saves in the first half
for Cincinnati.

The Bearcats jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. The scoring went
back-and-forth for the remainder of the first period, and the
Scarlet Knights took a 4-3 lead at the half.

Rutgers jumped out to an 8-5 lead in the second half, but the
Bearcats responded with back-to-back goals by Pierson and
Kiriazoglou. With just over three minutes to play, Ramsland put the
ball in the cage to tie the game 8-8.

Kiriazoglou caused a Rutgers turnover and picked up the ground
ball with less than a minute to play, and with 18.5 seconds on the
clock, she scored the game-winning goal to give UC its first BIG
EAST victory in program history.

The Bearcats held the Scarlet Knights scoreless in the final
9:51 of the game to seal the victory.

Gulmi recorded seven total saves for the Bearcats, and
Kiriazoglou led the Bearcats' offensive attack with three goals.
Megan Bell (Baltimore, Md./Hereford), Ramsland andTaylor Young
(Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore) recorded two goals apiece, while
Pierson scored once for the Bearcats. Ramsland also contributed two
assists.

As a team, the Bearcats outshot the Scarlet Knights 19-17 and
picked up 12 ground balls. UC also scored on 4-of-9 free-position
shots and caused seven Rutgers turnovers.

The win over
Rutgers marks the end of the 2013 season for the Bearcats under
first-year head coach Gina Oliver. This year the Bearcats scored
144 goals, controlled 172 draws, caused 115 turnovers and picked up
220 ground balls. UC also had the lowest goals against average in
program history, allowing 12.41 goals per
contest.